I would like Pro Wrestling NOAH to change their name someday, it's not a big deal because over the years they restarted multiple times, been under few different operating companies, went bankrupt few times, they dropped the green mats and been under few other minor rings canvas changes over time, dropped their old logo and created two new logos, and changed their GHC HW belt, dropped their old tournaments, don't own most of their old tape footage, created more belts..

I'm not going into that NTV and G+ stuff, I will just say they have nothing to do with NTV in years.

One name change at this point wouldn't be so much of a big deal, they can still keep their internal history and belts and the records and history of the belts and what other few things remaining. The name is a hindrance at this point.

 

Not looking good for Yuma Aoyagi..

"We would like to inform you that at approximately 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 23, 2025, a vehicle collision occurred in Numazu City involving a vehicle driven by our company's driver, Yuma Aoyagi.

After the accident, we promptly contacted the police and other relevant parties and are currently responding to the situation. There were no injuries on our side, and the victim is currently undergoing an examination at the hospital due to a leg problem.

It was also discovered that Aoyagi Yuma's driver's license had expired at the time of the accident.

In light of the above, we would like to inform you that the following disciplinary action has been taken against Aoyagi Yuma.

●50% pay cut for 3 months
●Suspension for 3 months
●Duration: Both until February 28, 2026

We sincerely apologize for the traffic accident and for the inconvenience caused to those involved and all those involved.

We will give a stern warning to Aoyagi Yuma, and the entire organization will once again thoroughly implement safe driving measures to prevent a recurrence."

https://www.all-japan.co.jp/news/news/9364/

See what they book for Kaito for the Budokan show, after the KAITO KIYOMIYA DEBUT 10TH ANNIVERSARY show ends there should be news. There's not much time left to make the show a big deal. So marquee match could help. 

Satoru Sayama or Tiger Mask 1 announced the founding of a Strong Style Dojo. Maybe the trainees will actually will know the old Strong Style,  or at least Sayama's interpretation of Strong Style. Which is better than NJPW's Post Strong Style or in Tanahashi words, Anti-Strong Style. 

10 hours ago, Doragon said:

Satoru Sayama or Tiger Mask 1 announced the founding of a Strong Style Dojo. Maybe the trainees will actually will know the old Strong Style,  or at least Sayama's interpretation of Strong Style. Which is better than NJPW's Post Strong Style or in Tanahashi words, Anti-Strong Style. 

This popped me so hard for the absolutely dumbest of reasons.

Ages ago high school me was in an e-fed and someone had a basically legally distinct Nathan Jones as his clueless muscle, ran a deal where he was sent to Japan to train under Tiger Mask at his dojo (because of real life Nathan Jones's questionable kicks) and came back as a Protege Under Satoru SaYama, or... well you can read the capitalized letters yourself. Cracked us all up because we were dumb ass high schoolers, now sitting here decades later hoping the best for his new... proteges 😛

"I gave work to Tetsuya Naito and BUSHI, who went bankrupt."

BUSHI is participating in the NOAH New Year Budokan show. So is mystery man XXXX. Hmmmmmmmm.

 

Kaito and Jack Morris vs the Good Brothers at the Budokan

3 new rookies debuted:

 Midori Takahashi: 182cm, 82kg

Hiroto Tsuruya: 186cm, 88kg

Yuto Koyanagi: 173cm, 81kg

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The Real World Tag League Final is...

Ren Ayabe and Talos vs. Xyon and Oddyssey. 

The full NOAH  new year budokan card

M.Suzuki is teaming with Fujita.

I was right there would be no Nakamura vs Tanahashi match in NOAH. 

It will be hilarious if Bushi team with someone other than Naito.

other than the good brothers being there it looks like a fun show

If it's Naito,  they should do better than last years new years budokan attendance

"The expressions on their faces after the three's retirement match... This is why I love pro wrestling. I mean, they're total heroes, aren't they?

If only Hash was here to be in that photo... *sigh*

…. and Misawa?

Nice to see Taue, though.

Ooof. Yeah. That's a pretty bad oversight on my part. 

Who do you think is in the least pain? I’m saying Chono.

I can't really remember which ones in order.

I guess they probably do take painkillers like some old people i know irl, for life. And there other ways around pain.

I wanna say Chono's been away longer and worked safer for longer too. Mutoh worked way longer at a way harder pace and had his knee surgeries more recently. Kobashi's the other possibility but I dunno. Kawada and Taue, nah. Taue definitely the least in pain even if he looks like he's pushing 80. 

I will post the AJPW new years cards when they're up.

I guess Go will sign, maybe. 

 

NOAH money good news, they're losing less money. Still not profitable yet. 

https://gamebiz.jp/news/417599

CyberFight reported a final loss of 14 million yen. Last year was a final loss of 212 million yen. 

93% reduction in the deficit. They're close to breaking even in the future.

 

It's good news for other CyberFight promotions like TJPW and DDT too, and for whatever else sub brands of DDT and NOAH and anything else CyberFight controls and operate.

CyberFight was established in 2020. It can take a while for a new company to become a profitable business.

CyberFight is also pumped with money. It has external life support.

Profit, revenue, operating income are all different things, so keep that in mind that too. We will worry about those later in the future.

 

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